wild dog

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wild dog - any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves Canidae, family Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes canid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles Canis dingo, dingo, warragal, warrigal - wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia Cuon alpinus, dhole - fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs crab-eating dog, crab-eating fox, Dusicyon cancrivorus - wild dog of northern South America Nyctereutes procyonides, raccoon dog - small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, hyena dog, Lycaon pictus - a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area